Ian Cathro insists that joining Rangers when they expressed an interest in him 18 months ago would have been the wrong move for him and he is happy that he has been handed his first lead role at Hearts, a club he considers a better fit.

A spell in charge of his old club’s under-20s and coaching stints with pedigree sides in four different countries. The former is Neil Lennon’s route into frontline management – which began at Celtic – the latter the path trod by Ian Cathro that has earned him the head coach role at Hearts.